‘I just feel you learn more from your mistakes’ – Nitish Rana talks about Rohit Sharma’s advice on captaincy

]The stand-in captain of Indian Premier League team franchise Kolkata Knight Riders, Nitish Rana recently shared the light on his exclusive conversation with India’s captain, Rohit Sharma. Nitish Rana talked about the captaincy advice Rohit Sharma gave him during his initial years of captaincy in the absence of Shreyas Iyer.  

Nitish Rana shared the valuable insights Rohit Sharma gave him about captaincy such as the role of a captain is to manage the team and make basic yet crucial decisions like how to rotate the bowlers. Rohit Sharma also told Nitish Rana to not be afraid to make mistakes, and learn from them instead of getting scared of  them.  Nitish Rana also discussed how is not a part-time all-rounder and has always shown interest in bowling since his young days. 

Nitish Rana on Rohit Sharma’s captaincy ideology 

“Last year, I had a chat with Rohit Bhaiya and we were discussing about the captaincy only. I was asking him how to go about the things. He told me that it’s all about mindset. “As a captain, your role is to manage things. For instance, what kind of a bowling change is required or probably which bowler will bowl in what situation”, said Nitish Rana while talking to CricketNext. 

“You will make mistakes on a number of occasions but there’s a lot to learn. I just kept this in mind and I’m the kind of person who isn’t really afraid of making mistakes. I just feel you learn more from your mistakes and gain a lot of experience from them,” added Nitish Rana. 

“Haven’t bowled in the IPL but I have been bowling since my childhood. I’m a proper all-rounder and not just a part-time spinner. I have bowled during my domestic and club matches. The one good thing about an all-rounder is that if he is not able to contribute with the bat, he can do it with the ball. I just feel lucky that I have both the skills,” he said.